"We welcome the USA's Food & Drug Administration (FDA) shining a spotlight on the important issue of preventing youth access to vapour products and consumer safety. "We have always been clear that children should not use vapour products and we have had stringent measures in place to address this issue for some time. Accordingly, we share the FDA's concern that the marketing of some flavours could resonate with children.

BAT, which produces Dunhill and Lucky Strike, has been lumbering in its efforts to develop vaping and other e-cigarette products. How does British Airways compare with rivals on pilot pay? Big Tobacco’s new products still face regulatory challenges.

British American Tobacco is to axe 2,300 jobs, including a fifth of senior roles, as the cigarette maker restructures its business amid waves of industry change. The maker of Lucky Strike and Camel cigarettes on Thursday described the decision as an “important step” meant to “simplify its business and create a more efficient, agile and focused BAT”. The shake-up comes five months after Jack Bowles took the reins as chief executive and is part of his attempt to make the group more nimble and to focus on newer products with the traditional cigarette market in decline.

Shares of the second-largest tobacco company by sales were up 1.6 %, the biggest boost to the broader FTSE index on Thursday, after the maker of Lucky Strike and Dunhill cigarettes said it will cut 2,300 roles as it eliminates duplication and consolidates business units. The move by BAT, which employed more than 56,000 people at the end of last year, 629 of them senior managers, comes a day after President Donald Trump said that the U.S. would remove all flavored e-cigarettes from shelves, as officials warned millions of children had been drawn into nicotine addiction.

Jack Bowles’ plans for a “fit culture” stirs memories of heroic British footballers stubbing out cigarettes as they wheezed on to the pitch. Mr Bowles is chief executive of British American Tobacco, which simultaneously wishes to reduce its dependency on nicotine and middle managers. Big tobacco is coming late to the fashion for cutting layers of management. The MSCI World Tobacco Industry Index is down 40 per cent since July 2017.

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES, Sept 11 (Reuters) - The Trump administration announced plans on Wednesday to remove all flavored e-cigarettes from store shelves in a widening crackdown on vaping, as officials warned that sweet flavors had drawn millions of children into nicotine addiction. President Donald Trump and top U.S. officials expressed concern about surging teenage use of e-cigarettes, and the move comes as health officials are investigating a handful of deaths and potentially hundreds of lung illnesses tied to vaping. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that, with Trump's blessing, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was working on a "guidance document" that would lead to a ban of all e-cigarette flavors aside from tobacco flavoring.

U.S. health investigators are casting a wide net to understand what is sickening hundreds of vapers across the country and still have not ruled out any product on the market, even as vaping industry officials highlight the potential role of illegal cannabis products. Dr Dana Meaney-Delman is leading the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's investigation into the culprit behind at least five confirmed deaths and 450 reported cases of lung illness linked with use of the devices. The agency is recommending that people refrain from the use of any electronic cigarette or vaping device until there is more conclusive evidence of a cause, she said in an interview.

LONDON, Sept. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On 7th September 2019, the USA's Food & Drug Administration issued a statement in response to recent reports of respiratory illnesses following the use of vaping products. This statement included a recommendation that consumers should "avoid buying vaping products of any kind on the street, and to refrain from using THC oil or modifying/adding any substances to products purchased in stores". Below is British American Tobacco response to this statement.